Alessio Bernardelli
In my previous post I showed the first part of my boys’ story mind map, i.e. the mind map we designed together to tell the story they were creating. We used iMindMap 5 because we wanted eventually to narrate their story by recording audio comments on branches. That turned out to be a really effective [...]
Posts Tagged ‘thinking’
Creative Story Writing with iMindMap 5!
Posted: August 9, 2011 in Mind Mapping, new technologies, Thoughts and ideas, UncategorizedTags: Audio, Clones, Creative, Darth Vader, Education, english, Han Solo, imindmap, iMindMap 5, Innovative, Learniers, learning, Leila, Light Saber, Literacy, Luke Skywalker, mind, mind map, Mind Mapping, notes, Obi Wan Kenobi, skills, star wars, Story, telling, ThinkBuzan, thinking, War, Writing, Young
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Creative story telling through mind mapping!
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Mind Mapping, new technologies, Thoughts and ideasTags: Anakin, brain, Clones, Creative, Darth Vader, Early years, Foundation Phase, Han Solo, Imagining, imindmap, iMindMap 5, Inspiration, KS1, Learners, Leila, Literacy, literature, Luke Skywalker, mind, Mind Mapping, Mind Maps, Obi Wan Kenobi, Pre-school, Spelling, star wars, Story, Story telling, ThinkBuzan, thinking, Tony Buzan, Writing
Today I had great fun with my four and six year old boys (my two year old was also helping) in creating a story using a mind map. The whole idea came from an inspiration I had earlier from the ThinkBuzan newsletter, which encouraged parents to do fun activities with iMindMap 5, one of them [...]
Science Rap! Start to clap…
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Institute of Physics, Thoughts and ideasTags: Hands on Science, Learners, learning, Literacy, Models, Physics, Poems, Pupils, rap, Rhymes, Science, skills, Students, thinking, Tools, Understanding
This sound like a really interesting competition. Get your kids to Rap about Science! Writing poem, rhymes and songs is a really engaging way for students to remember and understand Science concepts more deeply. In fact, writing a song which has certain parameters and with rhymes is a fantastic tool that helps learners to develop [...]
Mind Mapping with Prezi!
Posted: November 23, 2010 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, NGfL Cymru, Thoughts and ideasTags: brain, conduction, Convection, Creative, Education, Educators, Gas, heat transfers, ideas, Innovative, Institute of Physics, IoP, Kinetic, Learners, learning, mind, mind map, NGfL Cymru, particles, Physics, PowerPoint, Prezi, revision, skills, teaching, Theory, thinking, tool, Wales
At last I have found some time to check Prezi out, and it’s even better when you can use this time to fit it in with your job. As a Field Officer at NGfL Cymru, I am trying to develop resources that give opportunities to learners and educators to explore the latest technology and its [...]
Refraction Placemats and Wallwisher
Posted: October 4, 2010 in Institute of PhysicsTags: bending of light, Education, learning, Lesson Starter, light, NGfL Cymru, Physics, refraction, skills, thinking, wallwisher, waves
I am writing a series of lessons on refraction of light for National Grid for Learning Cymru (NGfL Cymru) and I needed a place to store the photos for a lesson starter activity in Wallwisher, so I thought I could write a blog about this and share the idea with all my readers. This blog post will also [...]
Deep Zoom and Reproduction
Posted: November 11, 2009 in new technologies, Thoughts and ideas, Torfaen Innovative Teachers CommunityTags: collaboration, Collaborative, Communication, Community, Community Clips, Composer, Deep Zoom, Education, Educators, Independence, Innovative, Interdependence, Knowledge, Learners, learning, Reproduction, Science, skills, TASC, Teachers, thinking
I have always been excited by the amazing potential of Deep Zoom in Education ever since I was given a demonstration by Stuart Ball (Microsoft Innovative Teachers Network, @innovativeteach on Twitter), when he showed me what the Hard Rock Cafe’ did for it’s Memorabilia. I tried to use the Deep Zoom Composer across the network [...]
The effects of technology in a 10 year old boy
Posted: August 28, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: 21st century skills, Blog, blogging, Education, google, ICT, learning, search engine, skills, technology, thinking, web log, X-box
Hi, This is my first blog ever, so I thought it’s just fair to have as a subject the person that introduced me to Web Logging, my 10 year old nephew. As an Educator with a passion for new technologies, I enjoy watching the behavious of my nephew as he uses technology in his personal [...]
